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Exhibit 423

SEC Whistleblower Program, Notice of Covered Action 2023-036 (Ensign Peak Advisors / the Church)

Exhibit 423 ยท Agency notice

SEC Whistleblower Program, Notice of Covered Action 2023-036 (Ensign Peak Advisors / the Church)

Lists File No. 3-21306 (filed 21 February 2023) as a covered action open to whistleblower award claims. It does not say who, if anyone, supplied information or that an award was made.

Source
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Date
30 March 2023
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/whistleblower-program/notice-covered-actions/award-claim-2023-036
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding REL-4.5
Primary record On 21 February 2023 the SEC ordered Ensign Peak Advisors to pay $4,000,000 and the Church $1,000,000 and ordered both to cease and desist, in a settlement in which neither admitted nor denied the findings. The Church's statement of the same day says Ensign Peak "received and relied upon legal counsel" and that "We affirm our commitment to comply with the law, regret mistakes made, and now consider this matter closed"; its statement of 17 December 2019 says "The Church complies with all applicable law governing our donations, investments, taxes, and reserves."
Finding REL-4.6
Reported Religion Unplugged reported on 30 March 2021 that a former Ensign Peak employee prepared a 74-page complaint to send to the IRS whistleblower program, and that an IRS spokesman in Utah could not confirm any investigation. No public IRS outcome has been found. By the Church's own account the SEC first expressed concern about Ensign Peak's reporting in June 2019.